29 bullets. Hassan Ezzedine, a volunteer driver for the Islamic Medical Association, counted every bullet hole after being released from captivity and returning to the wreck of his former ambulance. First, they aimed at the tires. Then they shot directly at the car. The paramedic got hit by two bullets in the hip. The patient, […]

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s 2013 Beirut marathon kicked off Sunday morning under the slogan "Run for Lebanon," with a significant turnout amid tight security measures. More than 36,000 participants representing 104 countries took part in the 42.192-kilometere route. The marathon started at 6:30 a.m. at BIEL and the closing ceremony will take place at Martyrs’ Square in […]

BEIRUT: Standard & Poor’s downgrade of three leading Lebanese banks is unlikely to have an impact on the prices of bonds or interest rates, bankers said Thursday, but they called the decision a clear warning that Lebanon needed to get its act together and implement fiscal reforms. “I don’t think this downgrade of the credit […]

WASHINGTON – The United States Friday expressed "regret" at losing voting rights at UNESCO, two years after Washington and Israel stopped funding the UN cultural body over Palestinian admission. Congressional restrictions on US payment of UNESCO dues were triggered when the Palestinians gained membership to the Paris-based body as a state in 2011. "We regret […]

 With pen and paper in hand, it took Assaad Chaftari five minutes at his home nestled in a cluster of pine trees in the mountains overlooking Beirut to write a public apology for his role in the atrocities committed during Lebanon’s civil war. Thirteen years later, he’s still the sole senior figure from the slew […]

BEIRUT: The United States handed over Lebanon a Cessna Aircraft Wednesday during a ceremony held at Beirut’s international airport as part of efforts to strengthen the Lebanese Army. U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale said during a ceremony at Rafik Hariri International Airport that the transfer of the aircraft was a “reflection of the strong […]

BEIRUT: Students and faculty of the American University of Beirut reacted with shock and sadness Wednesday to the apparent suicide of a 20-year-old engineering student. Marwan Mustafa Hamzeh, a third-year mechanical engineering student, was found outside Penrose men’s dorms after falling or jumping from the sixth floor balcony. Hamzeh was a resident of Kerr Hall, […]

In the 18th century, The sons of Hajj Sleiman el Khazen from the house of Cheikh Abou Nawfal originating from Ajaltoun, built there the Saint Simeon Stylites Church. Since then, the church is under the patronage of the same house and is now handled by the two engineers Cheikh Philippe and Cheikh Clovis el Khazen.

  Damascus, Syria, Nov 5, 2013 / 04:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s nunciature in Damascus was hit by a mortar round at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, damaging the building but neither killing nor injuring any persons. “Given the hour, there was only material damages, not to people,” Vatican press officer Fr. Federico Lombardi said […]